New Delhi, Feb. 22 -- Satyajit Ray's 1966 film Nayak is about a superstar taking a train to collect a National Award. On his way, this star-played by matinee colossus Uttam Kumar-meets existential ang... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 21 -- Kareena Kapoor Khan couldn't dance. The only thing her mother, the actress Babita with many a chartbuster under her belt, told her about making it in the movies was that "To be a... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 13 -- Valentine's Day may be a crassly commercial invention, but any excuse to rhapsodize about a beloved romance is never wholly unwelcome. This week I choose to write about Norman Je... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 7 -- Luca Guadagnino's Queer is a wisp of smoke curling in the humid air, a film that aches with forbidden longing. Streaming on MUBI, the film is a languid dream, saturated with the y... Read More
New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- Hathi Ram Chaudhary chews on information. A revelation made by someone he is questioning may well be a stick of sugarcane for his mental mastication. You can see him, slowly, tak... Read More